Sentences with phrase «other amendments to the law»

NEW DELHI: In a move that will make it easier for single women to safely and legally terminate unwanted... Other amendments to the law dating back to 1971 would allow abortion any time during pregnancy for «selective» foetal...

The groups also are considering a number of other amendments to the law that would strengthen the power of the 539 local school councils and clarify their...

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Were these provisions to become law, they could result in some states, legislatively, providing one level of care or protection to some of their citizens and a different level to others — which, could violate the equal protection and fairness requirements of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.

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On May 16, 2012, in response to a lawsuit filed by journalist Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Wolf and others, [16] United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled the indefinite detention section of the law (1021) likely violates the 1st and 5th Amendments and issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US government from enforcing it.

The first amendment does not entitle you to violate anti-discrimination laws or to restrict the rights of others.

George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

The reporter says that while «legal experts said the First Amendment grants Supreme Court justices, just like any other U.S. citizen, the right to speak their mind,» other experts insist that «Scalia's comments were difficult to reconcile with his judicial obligation to regard citizens of all religious persuasions — whether believer or unbeliever, Christian or non-Christian — as equals under the law.»

Yet if Colorado's amendment has no basis other than animosity toward homosexuals, it is difficult to understand what rational grounds might exist for anti-sodomy laws, or, for that matter, laws restricting marriage to man and woman.

Some of the transcripts are now available from the Senate's inquiry into the «impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry» (naturally Frank Zumbo used the opportunity to once again rave about the Birdsville amendment on predatory pricing - he doesn't fail to mention he drafted it, amongst other things (such as a purported need for price discrimination laws and proposing an office of the Australian small business and farming commissioner)-RRB-.

The amendment to the civil liberties policy motion read: «The protection of freedom of expression, by reforming the libel laws in England and Wales to ensure a better balance is provided between free speech, responsible journalism, scientific discourse and the public interest on one hand and powerful corporations, wealthy individuals and vested interests on the other.»

Adults who knowingly allow minors to consume opioids and other controlled substances in their home could face jail time under an amendment to Nassau's social host law proposed by lawmakers in the county's Republican legislative majority.

Unlike the other three GOP senators to vote for the same - sex marriage law, Saland was involved in the crafting of the measure itself, negotiating an amendment that carved out religious protections (one could argue that the protections weren't really needed in a realistic aspect, but it gave some protection to the GOP conference in allowing a vote to begin with).

Further strain is put on us every year because the state law known as the Triborough Amendment obliges us to keep giving «step» salary increases and other generous benefits even when a labor contract has expired.

The official Public Law isn't available on THOMAS yet, but CNN, the Washington Post, other news outlets all link to what appears to be the 35 page Senate Amendment to the House appropriations bill.

«Thus, the Tenement Rates Law, the Land Based Rates Law, the Neighbourhood Improvement Charge and all other similar Property Rates or Charges, Laws or amendments to any such property Laws shall cease to apply to any property in Lagos State as from 2018.

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides (among other things) that «Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...»

Also, even if he was successful at repealing the 22nd Amendment what other laws are in place to prevent him from running a third time?

During the Equality Act 2010's passage through Parliament, we worked closely with a range of organisations as well as our supporters in Parliament to have amendments made to the Equality Bill which sought to increase protection against discrimination for humanists and others, and to minimise the exceptions from the law granted to religious organisations.

Included in the governor's agenda are plans to codify Roe v. Wade into state law, pass the Equal Rights Amendment and close the wage gap statewide, among other things.

Nevertheless, broader changes sought by the business community such as suspending the Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law, overhauling the Scaffold Law and others have been non-starters.

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, a Democrat from Queens, will introduce an amendment to the state's current anti-discrimination laws to extend certain protection to models, putting designers, photographers and retailers (among others) on notice that they would be liable for abuses experienced on their watch.

Fiscal conservatives, meanwhile, continue to push the governor on overhauling mandated spending and suspending the Triborough Amendment to the Taylor Law, among other changes.

The Town Board is evaluating at least one proposed amendment to the ethics law, while the Ethics Board is reportedly preparing others for its consideration.

Lawmakers were still meeting to hash out budget details before they could resolve other issues, like the gun law amendments.

«We call on other Nigerians whose support is invaluable to rise and mobilise support and spare no effort in ensuring that these amendments become law.»

When the Assembly came to order on June 17 for a session that would last until 5:09 a.m. the next day, it still needed to pass an anti-heroin package, a roll - back of the state's Blue Laws, the legalization of daily fantasy sports, a constitutional amendment that could make more elected officials convicted of felonies forfeit their pensions, a government transparency measure, and 57 other bills.

In interviews before and after the Town Board meeting, members of the Ethics Board explained their investigation of the complaint involving McKenna and Magarelli and discussed their work on other matters, including the amendments to the ethics law that are currently under consideration.

But in addition to codifying Roe v. Wade into state law, passing an equal rights constitutional amendment and passing the aforementioned ban on firearms for domestic abusers, the agenda has some other noteworthy points.

Specter on Monday introduced a bill that affirmatively states that it is legal for the government to fund human embryonic stem cell research — a bill highly similar to the one introduced in the House in March by Diana DeGette (Democrat, Colorado), with one important extra: Specter's bill states that the government should fund the research «notwithstanding any other provision of law, including [the Dickey - Wicker amendment].»

Section 508, on the other hand, is a US law (technical an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act) that requires all federal government agencies to make their websites (and IT infrastructure in general) accessible to people with disabilities.

Other References: Explanatory Memorandum to Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Bill 2016 Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus Online (6th edition), 2013 PS LA 2011/15

In other words, if a friend comes to me wanting to know what I think about him filing bankruptcy, I think under my First Amendment rights, I can talk to him about his legal situation, tell him what I know about bankruptcy laws, and legally advise him to go get himself a good bankruptcy lawyer and file away.

As per Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015 — If an immediate family member such as spouse / parent / child is made as the nominee, then the death benefit will be paid to that person and other legal heirs will not have a claim on the money.

Other References: Explanatory Memorandum to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Superannuation) Bill 1989

A volunteer, rescuer, or any other member of the public not only has the First Amendment right to speak out against abuses and violations of law committed by a government shelter, he or she also has a constitutionally protected right to demand that the government correct the wrongs that are identified.

Based on our Bill Rights which provides that «the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to have access to health care services», our Department of Trade and Industry has developed a draft IP Policy which intends to initiate the amendment of several IP laws, amongst which is our Patents Act.

At Overlawyered, Walter Olson offers a round - up of articles that describe various laws such as the Buckley Amendment (FERPA), the HIPAA medical - privacy law and disabled - rights law, which constrain universities from inquiring about the mental health of students, notifying parents about suicidal tendencies or taking other action to deal with mentally ill students who may pose a threat to themselves or others.

If such technology were used by CanLII, in addition to legal opinions, from its large databases of materials, other revenue - producing products would be developed for each major area of law and practice, such as: (1) a priced catalogue of the standard memoranda, which would be advertised in legal publications; (2) a service that summarizes new decisions, statutory amendments, and significant law journal articles; (3) a newsletter for each major area law and practice; and, (4) specialized databases and projects such as databases of model factums and average sentences and settlements.

While Bill C - 66, An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts («Bill C - 66»), was described by Member of Parliament Randy Boissonnault as a law intended to address criminal offences that were used «to victimize LGBTQ2S + people systematically,» the Legal Network and HALCO are -LSB-...]

As NSU explains, «This course provides hands - on experience for students on a number of key operational aspects of the practice of law, including the business foundation of successful law firm management; security and confidentiality of client information; marketing, public relations, advertising and social media; duties of technological competence under ABA «Ethics 20/20» amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility; predictive coding and other eDiscovery issues; client intake and case management; and issues related to the scope and composition of representation, including the unauthorized practice of law and unbundled legal services.»

On the other side, the argument is made that the authority of the police must be strictly circumscribed by the law of arrest and search as it has developed to date in the traditional jurisprudence of the Fourth Amendment.

Other speakers who echoed Brown's concerns also said the proposed amendments fail to define the practice of law in a way that would encompass incidents in the context of nonprofessional activities at law firms, such as receptions, dinners and informal social events.

If adopted, the proposed amendments would create an exemption for resales of shares of non-reporting issuers if, among other things, the trade is made to a person or on a market outside Canada and if at the time of the original distribution the issuer was a «foreign issuer» (essentially an entity organized under foreign laws that does not have its head office or a majority of its assets in Canada or for which Canadian residents are a majority of the board or the executive suite).

Senior U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, ruling in a case brought against the Bush administration by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, issued a 44 - page opinion finding that the National Security Agency's wiretap program violates the First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution, the separation of powers doctrine, statutory law and the Administrative Procedures Act.

Even a very incomplete list gives an impression of the large number of significant opinions he has written: seminal administrative law cases such as Chevron v. NRDC and Massachusetts v. EPA, the intellectual property case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios (which made clear that making individual videotapes of television programs did not constitute copyright infringement), important war on terror precedents such as Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, important criminal law cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky (holding that defense counsel must inform the defendant if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation) and Atkins v. Virginia (which reversed precedent to hold it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment on the mentally retarded), and of course Apprendi v. New Jersey (which revolutionized criminal sentencing by holding that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maximums based on facts other than those decided by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt).

There is a more than plausible case to make that this distinction between the case law based justifications and Treaty derogations is artificial and out of line with the importance the Treaties attach to other public policy goals, notably environmental protection, protection of fundamental rights and consumer protection (although the Member States have never amended 36 TFEU in subsequent Treaty amendments).

While Canadian securities law regarding diversity disclosure is restricted to the representation of women, Ramchandani told Legal Feeds, the CBCA amendments will expand this to other underrepresented groups, namely visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and people with disabilities.

Prepared by Windsor Law Student Lois Boateng, this Table of Concordance sets out a side - by - side comparative view of Part III (Child Protection) of the Child and Family Services Act, RSO 1990, c C 11, and Part V (Child Protection) of Bill C - 89, An Act to enact the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2016, to amend and repeal the Child and Family Services Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (41st Parl, 2nd Sess) Ontario (2017).